Lid for journal-boxes.



P. BROWN.

LID FOR JOURNAL BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC121, 1911. 1,156,880. Patented 00 1111915;

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LID FOR JOURNAL BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED 050.21. 1911.

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Witnesses miner-snowmen conAoroLIs, ZE'ENNSYLVANIIA.

' LID .FOR JOURNAL-BOXES.

Application filed December 21, 1911.. Serial is. 67,246.

To all whom it may concern: a 7 V Be'it known'that'l, PERRY/BROWN, a c1t1- l zen of the United States of Americayand a resident of 'Goraopolis, in the county of Allegheny and State of'Penns ylvania, have 'in-' vented certain new and useful Improvements in Lids for Journal-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in lids for journal boxes and the object of my invention is to provide a lid? which has spring actuated means to hold it in either the opened or closed positions and also with a gravity operating bolt which will lock it inclosed position, in such amanner that it will be impossible for the waste on the inside to force the lid open. a

Other features of construction will. be

' hereinafter .described and illustrated and the invention therefore consists'in the lid shown in its preferable embodiment in the drawings forming part hereof and aswill be hereinafter pointed out in the appended claims. j

In thedrawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a j ournal'b'ox having a lid thereon made in accordance with my invention. Fig.

2 is a vertical central section of part of a box having my invention applied thereto,

the lid being shown in closed position in full lines and in open position in dotted lines. 'Fig. 3 is a perspective view of some of the parts detached in order to more clearly show the construction. Figs. 4, 5 and dare details. f1

Referring now to the'details of the drawings by numerals: 1- designates a journal box which maybe made of any desired construetion but the'one illustrated in the drawings is constructed on the Master Car Builders lines. In other words,'the upper part of the box has integrally cast therewith the two bearings 3' and 1 connected by a web5 having its uppersurface 6 and its vertical surface 7 substantiallyfiat to cooperate with the spring usually employed in. the common form of lid. The bearings 3 and 4 are provided with an opening 8 through which passes the pin forming the pivot for the lid. The construction so far-described forms no part of my present invention but is.illus-' trated as my lid is constructed to work on boxes having the" bearings 3 and'l just described.

lVIy lid is and it has formed; preferably integrally therewith, a semi-cylindrical hood 12 whose.

outer ends are provided with annular lugs or bearings 14 and 16, each of which isprovided with an opening' l 8 which openings 18 are directly in line with the OpeningsjS in" the bearings 3 and f so'that a hinge pin 21 may be inserted throughxall of the openings 18) and 18 and thushinge the lid 10 to the 0x1.

referred tonot .onlyformsa connection be-v tween the annular lugs or bearings 14:,and 16 butjit also forms a housing "to cover the members 3, 41 and 5, as will be seen in .Figs

1 and 2. And 'its'upper end is provided: with a cam 20 as illustrated in Figs. 1,.2

and 3 which is adapted to form part of the means for holding the lidiinpositio-n. o2.

acting. with'this cam is a spring actuated plunger24 whose smaller end projects out of an opening formed in thefront of a de tachable-casing 26, the plunger being held in its outerposition shown in full lines in Fig. 2 by meansof a; spring28 workingbetween 28 pushes the plunger against thecam 20 so that when the parts arein the position shown in fulllines'in Fig. 2 the plunger is pressed against therear side of the cam 20 and holds the lid in its closed position, for

designated by the character IO- Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t t so s'aidplunger and the b'ack wall of the casing 26. The construction is such that the spring anyfeffort to raise thelid is resisted bythe Iii'order thatgthe casing 26 may be read? ily secured to the jour'nalfboxes, I form on or secure to the casting forming the box, a

dove-tail wedge 30- provided at. its smaller end with a notched member 32. The bottoin'ofithe casing 26 is providedjwith a dove -'tailj. recess toyfit over the dove tail spring 28. However, when sufficient up V e5 The semi-cylindrical hood 12 hereinbefore wedge 30, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4. The casing 26 is preferably formed of a malleable casting, and the end through whichythe notched member 32 projects is provided with a lug 34 which, after the casing 26 has been placed in position, may be tapped with a hammer so that the free end of the lug enters one of the notches to lock the casing in position.

The bottom of my lid is provided with a sliding bolt 40, the lid itself being provided with a casing 42 on its under side to form a housing for said bolt. Thus the bolt is entirely inclosed and to limit-its motion within the pocket formed by the casing 42, I provide on the exterior of the lid a lug 44 having two lips 46 and between these lips is formed an opening through which a pin 48 is inserted, the lower end of the pin passing through a slot 50 in the sliding bolt 40, this pin 48 and its slot 50 thereby limiting the movement of the sliding bolt 40 within its casing 42. The upper end of the pin 48 is formed with round edges so that after the pin is inserted in position, the lips 46 may be hammered toward each other so as to co-act with the rounded end ofthe pin 48 and rivet the ame in place. The lower end of the sliding bolt 40 is provided with a flange 52 which may be engaged by the lever of the inspector and oilers to lift the sliding bolt so that the lid may be opened. The

lower wall of the opening to be closed by the lid 10 isformed with two flanges 54 and 56 between which the locking flange 58 of the bolt drops when said bolt is in the locking position shownin Fig. 2. The inner flange 56 is provided with one or more perforations 60 through which any oil which leaks over the topof the flange 56may pass back into the box. It will thus be seen that I have provided a look which will be selfacting whenever the lid is closed.

It will be noticed that the bottom wall of the casing 42, through which the sliding bolt 40 projects, is, when the lid is in the closed position shown inFig. 2, directly over the flange 56 and said bottom wall,

which I will designate as 51, and said flange V entire width of the box. The flange 56 is also continued up thefinsides of the box as indicated at 59 iii-Fig.

2; the lid being provided with similar flanges 61 which fit within the walls forming the opening of the box and close against said side flange 59. f

From an inspection of my drawings, it will be seen that I have invented a simple form of lid for journal boxes which is held in either closed or opened position by means of a spring pressed plunger, and also one.

in which a gravity operating latch operates to hold or lock the lid in its closed position 7 so that no matter how great the pressure of the waste agalnst the inside of'the lid,

position.

flange 52 of the -sliding bolt and pull upwardly, whereupon the bolt willslide upward within its casing 42 to thelimit of the slot 50 until its locking flange 58 is free of the flange, 54 forming the bottom wall of the box opening. As the operator continues to draw upward on his waste hook,"the same movement which draws upward the sliding bolt 40 also'opens the lid to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 so that the box may be properly inspected and given suchattention as it needs. v

What I claim as my inventionis:

1. In a journal box in combination with bearings on the upper part thereof, a lid having its upper portion hinged to said bearings, said upper portion having a cam projecting therefrom with'two cam faces substantially at right angles, to each other, and said box having a springpressed plungcr located in Working relation to said cam adapted. to project against one portion of said cam toqhold the lid open, the other part of said cam slightly overhanging said plunger when the lid is closed whereby a lock is formed. 7

2. In a journalrbox and in combination with bearings on the upper part thereof, a lid having its upper portion hinged to said bearings, said upper portion having a cam projecting rearwardly, said'box having a wedge shaped member, and a casing having a recess'to fit over said wedge shaped member, and a spring pressed plunger within' said casing working against said cam to hold the lid in position.

3. In a journal box and in combination with bearings on the upperpart thereof, a

lid having its upper portion hinged to said bearings, said upper portion having a cam projecting rearwardly, said boxhaving a wedge shaped member having notches therein, andfa casing having a recess to fit over said wedge shaped member, said casing having amember adapted to be .moved into said notches to lock the casing in position, and a spring pressed plunger within said casing working againstsaid cam to hold the lid in position.

4. In a journal box and in combination with bearings on the upper part thereof, a lid having its upper portion formed with two lugs or bearings connected by a hood, a pin'passing through the bearings of said lid and said box and hinging the lid to the box, the aforesaid hood protecting the parts and having a cam projecting rearwardly, said box having a spring pressed plunger working against said cam to hold the, lid in 5. 'In a journal box, alid, and a device .for holding the same in position comprising a casing, a plunger working therethrough, In testimony whereof I afix my signature the box having a wedge shaped member in presence of two witnesses. with notches therein and the casing having a recess within which said wedge shaped I member fits, and the casing having a mem- Witnesses: 7 her adapted to be moved into one of said JOHN L. FLETCHER, notches to lock the casing in position. H. IMIRIE.

PERRY BROWN. 7

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